Poems, Volumen1R. Jennings, 1817 |
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... face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pampered steed , That wants no driving , and disdains the lead ; If guards , mechanically formed in ranks ...
... face ; If smiling peeresses , and simpering peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pampered steed , That wants no driving , and disdains the lead ; If guards , mechanically formed in ranks ...
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... face ; When the rude rabble's watch - word was - destroy , And blazing London seemed a second Troy ; Liberty blushed , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blushed , that effects like these she ...
... face ; When the rude rabble's watch - word was - destroy , And blazing London seemed a second Troy ; Liberty blushed , and hung her drooping head , Beheld their progress with the deepest dread ; Blushed , that effects like these she ...
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... face , He stood as some inimitable hand Would strive to make a Paul or Tully stand . No sycophant or slave , that dared oppose Her sacred cause , but trembled when he rose ; And every venal stickler for the yoke Felt himself crushed at ...
... face , He stood as some inimitable hand Would strive to make a Paul or Tully stand . No sycophant or slave , that dared oppose Her sacred cause , but trembled when he rose ; And every venal stickler for the yoke Felt himself crushed at ...
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... face ) Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws ...
... face ) Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws ...
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... face Without the smile , the sweetness , or the grace ; The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every effort of the muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But , when the ...
... face Without the smile , the sweetness , or the grace ; The dark and sullen humour of the time Judged every effort of the muse a crime ; Verse , in the finest mould of fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But , when the ...
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beneath bids blasphemy blest bliss boast breast breath cerebrum charms courser dark dear declension deeds deist delight divine docet dream earth Edmonton eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flowers folly fools frown Gilpin give glory GLOW-WORM God's grace Greece hallowed ground hand happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hope hour John Gilpin joys land learned light lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night NOSEGAY nymph o'er once peace Pharisee pine-apples pity plain pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize prove Rome rude sacred scene scorn scripture shine shore Sighs sight skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul sound stand strain stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste whate'er wind wisdom woes wonder youth zeal
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Página 221 - Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folks so glad ; The stones did "rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad.
Página 172 - Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Página 229 - Bent upon pleasure, heedless of its end. But he, who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of his love, That hard by nature, and of stubborn will, A life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace designed To rescue from the rums of mankind, Called for a cloud to darken all their years, And said, ' Go, spend them in the vale of tears.
Página 228 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Página 236 - O LORD, my best desire fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort, to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears ? Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears...
Página 172 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Página 210 - And the scene, where his melody charm'd me before, Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead.
Página 178 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 227 - And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well.
Página 223 - Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon In spite of curb and rein.